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Study reveals downtown Brandon is a ‘food desert’
Brandon food study reveals some have a long trip to grocery stores

Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing
The Direct Farm Marketing Conference marks its 20th anniversary at its meeting in Brandon

Agriculture Hall of Fame: Ron Helwer
Five new members of the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame were inducted July 17 at a ceremony in Portage la Prairie. We're featuring a new inductee each week

Threshermen remember farming during wartime
First World War and Second World War changed the way we farm

Seedy Saturday turns five
The fifth annual Seedy Saturday reflects growing interest in urban gardens

Farmland loss study to begin in 2014
Study to include a look at subdivisions for growing population in southern Manitoba
Proponent of Brandon med school pans new report
Retirement looms for many rural self-employed
Statistics Canada analysis shows many lawyers, accountants and other key service providers will be at retirement age in next decade in rural Canada
The wave of retirements expected to roll across rural Canada in the next decade won’t just affect the farmers in your community. Rural and small-town Canada could have fewer lawyers, accountants, doctors and funeral directors too, according to a recent analysis of the ages of those self-employed outside bigger centres. About one in every four